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 QUESTTONS I TO 10 ARE WORTH If p and q are distinctive pdmes and
3 MARKS EACH x2 - px* q = 0 has distinctive positive
integral roots, find a + p.
1. Let x be a number such that x * 1x

Find the value of x3 * (A) 3

).
(B) rs
(A) 16s (c) 13 4

(B) t70 (D) t7

(c) 180 (E) None of the above
(D) 1eB
(E) None of the above
Find the value of r that satisfies

2. Evaluate 1

+ x2-x*1, x*L
logo6 abc logo" abc'
xr+Z =-rr-*+l-
(A) -1 (A) -2
(B) 0 (B) -1
(c) 1 (c) 0
(D) 2 (D) 1
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

3. Given that
2 sina
y= l-*cosa*sina'

find the value of

. '1,-cosa*sina
L * sina

(A) 1
v
(B) 7-v
(c) v
(D) Lty
(E) None of the above

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6. Two circles with centres,4 and B are Given that a2 + b2 + c2 : 1, find'the
externally tangent at point C. range of ab * bc * ca.

(A) 11,21

(B)
[,,; ]
(c)
[-;,']
(D) [0,1]

(E) None of the above

DF is tangent to the two circles. Given
that the radii of the two circles are
It is known that f (x,) =
ffi, n G N.
2 cm and 3 cm, respectively, find T.
FC
Then f (x") is

\tr (A) strictly decreasing.

(A)
2 (B) non-strictly decreasing.
(B)
,6 (C) monotonic decreasing.
T (D) strictly increasing.
(c) ,6
T (E) None of the above
(D)
'16
T A network of domestic flights is set up
(E) None of the above
in the country of Utopia. A city is
directly connected to at most 3 others
and there is at most 1 transit flight
7. When 3 new,classrooms were opened, from one city to another. What is the
the average class size reduced by 10. maximum number of cities in Utopia?
When 6 new classrooms were opened,
the average class size reduced by 16. (A) e
(B) 10
Find the total number of students.
(c) 11
(D) 12
(A) 320 (E) None of the above
(B) 360
(c) 400
(D) 480
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTTONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH
13. Given that abcd+ 0, c and d are roots
4 MARKS EACH of x2 * ax * b = 0 ond a and b are roots
of x2 *cxtd=0, then (a+btc*d)2
tt. tan6a can also be expressed as is

6tana -20tan3 a*6tansa r:'

(A) (A)
1 - 15 tan2 a t 15tana a -tan6 a a2b2

6sina-20tan3 a*6cossa
(B) a'c' ''
(B) (C) Zabc
1 - 15 sinz a * L5 cosa a I tan6 q.

(D) Zabcd
6cosa -20tan3 a*6sinsa
(c) (E) None of the above
1 - cosz a * 1,Ssina a * tan6 a

6tana-15tan3 at6tansa
(D)
t- 20tan2 a * 20 tana a - tan6 a

(E) None of the above

L2, In the figure below, zBAD - 90o and 14. Find the value of x that satisfies
zBAA' : LDAA':60o.

x-2+Zlr3+ x-11.+4l1i-3=5

(A) 4
(B) s
(c) 6
(D) 7
iD
)----- (E) None of the above
L,'

A B

Find the length of AC'.

(A) tr
(B) 'm
(C) ,lE
(D) ,lT
(E) None of the above

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15. A biased coin is tossed 5 times. 17. Evaluate
There is a non-zero probability of
IZ23z4zn2
getting heads or tails once. The ,+ zr* zr* 24+"'* m*"'
probability of getting heads once is
1.
the me as the proba bility of
sa (A) ,
getting heads twice. Find the
(B) |
probability of getting heads thrice.
3
(c)
2
(A) 23
32 (D) 2

(B) 33
64 (E) None of the above
(c) 40
243
(D) 47
18, It is known that the tangent from a
256
(E) None of the above point m to the circle x2 + y2 - 1 is
perpendicular to the tangent, also
from the point m to xz +y2 - 3. Then
the locus of m iS a circle of radius
16. Find the remainder upon dividing the
following by 7. (A) 1
(B) 2
1010' + 1010' + 101ot + ...+ L01o'o (c) 3

(A) 4 (D) 4
(B) s (E) None of the above
(c) 6, I
(D) 3
(E) None of the above

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 19. Given QUESTTONS 21 TO 2s ARE WORTH
(-
t
*L=rfz" - zk + t)(zn- k+ t)
6 MARKS EACH

2L. A number sequence is such that

and
Each term is divisible by 3 and
ea,ch term is the difference between a
T
s1
\_
TL

'n- Lk square number and 1, as shown below

k=L

then 3, 15, 24,49,63, ...

Find the remainder when the ZOtgtr

term is divided by 1000.
(A) Sn ) Tn
(B) S?.2T7.
(C) sn:ZTn 22. Given that x, and x, are real roots of
(D) Sn: Tn
(E) None of the above 2x2-4mx*2m2+3m-Z -0,

find the value of m so that the value

of xl + x| is minimum.
20. A circle of radius is inscribed in
L7
triangle ABC such that it is tangent to
side .48 at point P. It is known AP - 23. Find the value of n in
L9 , PB - 2L, find the perimeter of 133s + l-1os + 84s + 2Ts = nz
AABC.

24. Suppose

a2 + b2 :20L9c2,

where at b and c are sides of

triangle add cr, B, y or€ its angles.

Find the value ,tol/ . -.

ofcotq.+cot
(A) 183 p
(B) LB4
(c) 185
(D) 186
(E) None of the above

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25. ln LABC , it is known that ,48 - 12,
BC = 13 and AC:15. P is a point on
.4C such that the incircles of LABP
and LBCP have equal radii.

Let m and n be positive relative

prime integers such that #:+.

Find m + n.

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